Current Affairs Quiz - April 2022

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Department of Justice launched a new website to provide citizens a one stop platform for all digital initiatives of the Department.
The new website is launched on S3WaaS platform (Secure, Scalable and Sugamya Website as a Service). All information related to eCourts Mission Mode Project, Appointment of Judges, Fast Track Special Courts, Nyaya Bandhu, Gram Nyayalaya, DISHA scheme, Tele Law is made available in the website.

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Odisha celebrates the 86th foundation day of the state on April 1, known as ‘Utkal Divas’. It is on the same day that the state became independent in the year 1936.
Utkal Divas, also known as Odisha Day and Utkala Dibasa, commemorates the struggle which gained a separate identity for the state.

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Tripura Chief Minister Bipab Kumar Deb recently launched “Mukhyamantri Nibir Matsyachash Prakalpa”. It is an integrated fishery scheme.
Tripura government has allocated Rs 6 crore in the budget for promotion and support to biofloc technology for fish production. The Chief Minster also pushed for Biofloc Fish Farming as a environment-friendly technique for fish farming.

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC is set to be admitted as the seventh member of the East African Community (EAC).
In the Extraordinary Heads of State Summit, DR Congo will be formally received in a virtual session. The DRC will gain access to the two main ports in the region-Mombasa and Dar es Salaam, also gaining trade, political and security cooperation. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda are the other members.

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A draft recommendation on ‘Biodiversity and health’ was released during the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Geneva.
It will be the key focus area of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The convention, a part of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), was held physically after two years. It involved discussions to address the need and provide guidance for the One Health approach.

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The US-based National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate three experimental HIV vaccines based on a messenger RNA (mRNA) platform.
It is the technology used in several approved COVID-19 vaccines. This study named HVTN 302 is sponsored by NIAID while the NIAID-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network is conducting the trial.

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The first day of the lunisolar calendar’s month of Chaitra is celebrated as Gudi Padwa. It is predominantly celebrated in the state of Maharashtra.
The same day is celebrated as Ugadi (Yugadi) in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. It is also celebrated as ‘Chaitra Navratri’ in some other parts of the country.

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel announced that a plan is being developed to rehabilitate those people who migrated to neighbouring states during the Salwa Judum movement around 15 years ago.
Salwa Judum, an anti-Naxal operation powered by vigilante groups, was kicked off in 2005-06 in Bastar. It forced several tribals to flee and settle in neighbouring states.

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As per the provisions of National Education Policy-2020, the University Grants Commission(UGC) has developed a draft curricular framework and credit system for Four Years’ Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP).
The framework aims to equip students in one or more subject areas.  The draft framework has been placed in public domain for seeking suggestions from stakeholders.

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After images of civilian bodies were found in the streets of Bucha city of Ukraine, there have been outrages across the world.
At the UNSC meeting on Ukraine which was addressed by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, T S Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative at the UN condemned the Bucha civilian killings and called for an independent probe.